The mission of the UT System TIME initiative is to offer a student-centered, clinically-focused curriculum that is one to two years shorter than the traditional eight years required to get an undergraduate and medical degree, which could save medical students roughly $20,000 and will provide a medical education that reflects the dramatic changes in patient care that have occurred in recent years.

UT San Antonio and UTHSC-San Antonio's School of Medicine have partnered for the program FAME[4] (Facilitated Acceptance to Medical Education), which accepted its first students this spring into a seven-year Bachelor of Science degree in biology and Doctor of Medicine degree program.

The first 20 students in the FAME program will start at UTSA this fall and are expected to graduate from the UTHSC-SA in 2020 with their medical degrees.